Hated the fact that while Creative Zen users could easily load the songs on to their music players, you had to struggle around with iTunes, which is not in my opinion the best of players or software. Personally, I prefer the direct copy method, a MP3 player should simply be visible as an extra drive on the computer and the user should be allowed to dump his music on to it.

Of course that would throw out many of the features which are currently present in the iPod but then I never knew that there was such a thing such as the iLoad. This nifty gadget promises to instantaneously load songs on to your iPods and iPhones (yes, they confirm that its compatible with the iPhone). Simply plug your iPhone into the iLoad device, insert a CD and copy it directly to the iPhone without the need for iTunes or a computer.